The history and culture of African Americans has been too long neglected and should be better known. My work is meant to make this information accessible to the general public by couching it in popular forms.

Black and white photography is my first love and having my own darkroom allows me to do a lot of creative work, which I like doing the most. It's something I've been doing for 18 years now and and only wish to do more and more. Though I do some landscape work, photographing people is what I work at the hardest. I work in both small (35mm) and large (4x5) format. Before becoming a photographer I painted in both watercolor and acrylic. In the last couple of months I have started painting some again, doing acrylic landscapes on canvassed board. I (more)

After a trip to Mexico to see ancient ruins, I became inspired by the tremendous textures, details, shapes, and customs of ancient Mesoamericans. I am currently working on a collection of clay masks that are based on the mythology of the ancient cultures of Aztec, Mayan, and Teothicanos. Before each piece is made, I research specific characteristics associated with that diety and culture. After rolling a base slab over forms, I build a face and elaborate detail such as neck jewelry, headpieces, feathers, and earrings. I use earthenware (more)

Art has been a passion of mine starting at a very young age. After majoring in Art in High School where I studied several different mediums, concentrating mostly on pencil, charcoal, pen & ink and photography. I never stopped creating every day in some way while building a life with my husband and daughter. When I became a stay at home mom in 2008, I took an oil painting workshop and fell in love with the medium. Oils have an immense spectrum of versatility and can be executed with the speed that keeps me driven when creating a piece. I love (more)

I am retired. Have been painting off and on for over 50 years. The following Url's tell mostly about what I do.
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I design hand painted silk pillows and scarves with an array of colors. The beautiful works of nature have served as imspiration for my work. I also paint using a technique called Pointillism, where tiny points of color are juxtaposed on a flat surface.

Bloomington artist, Sherry Bennett, currently works in oil pastels, utilizing photographs from European travels. Originals are miniatures- 4”x6”. She also works with photo- collage and black and white geometric tapestry weaving.
B.A./Religion- University of Southern California, M.A./Art-Montclair State University.

Profound, but not confusing; invoking emotion but not underestimating the Viewer’s intelligence; exploring all possibilities but never straying too far from certainty (or creating new certainties). Re-assembling reality in my paintings seems to work. There’s ambiguity between subject and background, between form and space. I’ve been playing with these relationships using brushy marks and overly intense colors. My style has evolved from study at the Art Institute of Chicago and Indiana University; however, the most crucial experience in my (more)